Matthew 20:12-22

English Standard Version

¹²saying, ‘These last worked only one hour, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the day and ^(A)the scorching heat.’ ¹³But he replied to one of them, ^(B)‘Friend, I am doing you no wrong. Did you not agree with me for a denarius? ¹⁴Take ^(C)what belongs to you and go. I choose to give to this last worker as I give to you. ¹⁵^(D)Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me? Or ^(E)do you begrudge my generosity?’^[a] ¹⁶So ^(F)the last will be first, and the first last.”

Jesus Foretells His Death a Third Time

¹⁷^(G)And as Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples aside, and on the way he said to them, ¹⁸“See, ^(H)we are going up to Jerusalem. And the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and scribes, and they will ^(I)condemn him to death ¹⁹and ^(J)deliver him over to the Gentiles ^(K)to be mocked and flogged and ^(L)crucified, and he will be raised on ^(M)the third day.”

A Mother's Request

²⁰^(N)Then ^(O)the mother of the sons of Zebedee came up to him with her sons, and ^(P)kneeling before him she asked him for something. ²¹And he said to her, “What do you want?” She said to him, “Say that these two sons of mine ^(Q)are to sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, ^(R)in your kingdom.” ²²Jesus answered, ^(S)“You do not know what you are asking. Are you able ^(T)to drink the cup that I am to drink?” They said to him, “We are able.”